Famous Greeks... or are they???

[CZAXOTerp]

Originally Posted by VT Tri-D

Neil Armstrong's wife is definitely a tri-delt and our pin is on the flag on the moon. We have a picture of the flag with our pin on it in our house.

Originally Posted by AXWhoah

Some one wrote that Neil Armstrong's wife was a TriDelt. I've always heard that she was an Alpha Chi Omega and that the Lyre badge of AXO is on the flag that is on the moon. Does someone know for sure?? Though I'm pretty sure that she was an Alpha Chi.

Originally Posted by AlphaGam1019

*cough* urban legend *cough*

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Hmmm...

I've heard this "pin on the flag on the moon" thing over and over again.

I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong had several wives, or his one wife belonged to eight or ten sororities?

In any event, I'm surprized Apollo XI ever got off the ground with that many sorority badges on board.

I am going to clear up this moon thing once and for all-
Neil Armstrong's first wife Janet Shearon Armstrong is an Alpha Chi Omega (from the Purdue chapter.) He did not take her badge into space with him, he took his Phi Delt badge, but did not leave it on the moon.

Perhaps wife #2, Carol Held Knight is a Tri Delt?
Even if she is, he and Janet did not divorce until 1994 and I don't think that Neil has been on the moon in the meantime, so no Tri Delt badge on the moon either.

http://www.nndb.com/people/488/000022422/

[LUC Kappa]

Originally Posted by Thetagurl

I knew the first Bush was in a secret society but I did not know about George W. I always heard he was a DEKE but never heard anything about him being in the secret society. That's really interesting

The first Bush was also in Alpha Phi Omega

Also Ashley Judd is a KKG

[CasperDU173]

Some of the famous members of Delta Upsilon.

Politics and Government

Stephen J. Field, Williams 1837, US Supreme Court Justice
James Abram Garfield, Williams 1856, 20th President of the United States
Justin L. Morrill, Middlebury 1860, United States Senator - Vermont; author of the land grant college act
W.H.H. Miller, Hamilton 1861, Attorney General of the United States
Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, Secretary of War
George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, US Army General, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
Otto M. Eidlitz, Cornell 1881, Contractor and civic investigator
Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States.
Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace
Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, US Secretary of Agriculture
William B. Greeley, Stanford and California '01, Chief Forester, US Forest Service
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan '04, United States Senator, Michigan
J. Arthur Clark, Toronto '06, President of the Canadian Bar Association
Robert H. Lord, Harvard and Northwestern '06, Adviser to the 1918 Versailles Peace Conference
Amos J. Peaslee, Swarthmore '07, United States Ambassador to Australia
W. W. Randolph Burgess, Brown '12, United States Ambassador to NATO
Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard '12, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President
James B. Conlan, Harvard '13, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Paul H. Douglas, Bowdoin '13, Senator - Illinois
Sumner T. Pike, Bowdoin '13, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
John L. Keddy, Hamilton '15, Curator of the Smithsonian Institute
Matthew W. Hill, Washington '17, Chief Justice, Washington State Supreme Court
Kenneth B. Keating, Rochester '19, United States Senator, New York; Ambassador to India; Ambassador to Israel; Brigadier General, United States Army
Lester B. Pearson, Toronto '19, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace
David E. Lilienthal, DePauw '20, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
Herbert Brownell, Nebraska '24, US Attorney General
Clifford P. Case, Rutgers '25, Senator - New Jersey
Francis H. Russell, Tufts '26, United States Ambassador to Indonesia
General David M. Shoup, DePauw '26, Commandant, US Marine Corps and Congressional Medal of Honor winner
John M. Matthias, Ohio State '28, Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Frank R. Kenison, Dartmouth '29, Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Winston L. Prouty, Lafayette '30, Senator - Vermont
Foy D. Kohler, Ohio State '31, Ambassador to the USSR
William H. Avery, Kansas '34, Governor, State of Kansas
Robert T. Stafford, Middlebury '35, US Congressman and Senator, Vermont
Hugh E. Rodham, Pennsylvania State '35, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Joseph L. Fisher, Technology '35, US Congressman, Virginia
George R. Hunter, Manitoba '37, Member of Parliament
William C. O'Neill, Marietta and Ohio State '38, Governor, State of Ohio
John P. Robarts, Western Ontario '39, Premier, Province of Ontario, Canada
George S. Welch, Purdue '41, Shot down the first Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War on Dec 7, 1941. WWII triple air ace in three different fighter aircraft.
F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Tufts '50, Governor, State of Vermont
Dr. G. William Whitehurst, Washington and Lee '50, US Congressman from Virginia
William H. Brown, Jr., Swarthmore '51, Parliamentarian, United States House of Representatives
John B. Conlan, Northwestern '51, US Congressman, Arizona
Alan J. Dixon, Illinois '51, Senator - Illinois
E. Peter Lougheed, Alberta '52, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
Robert Hanrahan, Bowling Green '56, US Congressman, Illinois
Ronald A. Irwin, Western Ontario '57, Minister of Indian Affairs
Thomas E. Morgan, Lafayette '58, US Congressman, Pennsylvania
John S. Herrington, Stanford '61, US Energy Secretary
N. Lloyd Axworthy, Manitoba '63, Member of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Michael D. Barnes, North Carolina '65, US Congressman, Maryland
Angus S. King, Jr., Dartmouth '66, Governor of the State of Maine
Anthony J. Moffat, Jr., Syracuse '66, US Congressman, Connecticut
Paul R. Ford, Middlebury '67, Director of Amnesty International
Tommy R. Franks, Texas '67, Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army
Les Aspin, Jr., Marquette '70, Congressman from Wisconsin and former Secretary of Defense
Charles Poochigian, Fresno '72, California Senator in the 14th District
Thomas J. Vilsack, Hamilton '72, Governor of the State of Iowa
John Danilovich, Stanford '72, US Ambassador to Costa Rica
Tom Riley, Stanford '72, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco
Dennis R. Rehberg, Washington State '77, US Congressman, Montana

Sports

John Wesley Coombs, Colby '06, World Series pitcher with the Philidelphia A's
Ralph N. Good, Colby '10, Major League Baseball player, Boston Nationals
Billy Foulds, Toronto '11, Canadian Football League - Quarterback, Coach, Hall of Fame
Frank S. McGill, McGill '15, Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, Illinois '20, Chairman US Olympic Committee
Justin "Sam" Barry, Iowa '26, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach
Edward S. "Ned" Irish, Pennsylvania '28, NBA Hall of Famer
Don A. Veller, Indiana '35, Former head football and golf coach at Florida State University
Andrew Currie, Manitoba '35, Professional football player - Regina Roughriders, Canadian Football League Hall of Famer
Leland S. MacPhail, Swarthmore '39, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees
Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford '41, Professional football player - Chicago Bears
Dr. J. Robert Cade, Florida '45, Inventor of Gatorade
Bill Bangert, Purdue '48, 1945 U.S. Men's Indoor Track and Field champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1944 and 1945 NCAA Track and Field champion in the discus. 1946 Big Ten indoor champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1946 Big Ten outdoor champion in the 16-pound shot put and discus.
Frank R. Burns, Rutgers '49, Head football coach, Rutgers University
Darrell K. Royal, Oklahoma '50, Head football coach, University of Texas
Harvey Kuenn, Jr., Wisconsin '54, Baseball player and manager
Michael K. White, California '57, NFL Head Coach
Louis L. Holtz, Kent State '58, Legendary college football coach
Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose '59, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Theodore R. Boehm, Brown '60, Chairman, '87 Pan Am Games organizing committee
Neil R. Austrian, Swarthmore '60, Former president and COO of the NFL
Fred Arbanas, Michigan State '61, Football player - Dallas Texans (AFL) and Kansas City Chiefs
Galen S. Hall, Penn State '62, Former head football coach, University of Florida
Paul Flatley, Northwestern '63, Professional football player - Minnesota Vikings
Peter Gogolak, Cornell '64, Professional football player - New York Giants
Clark E. Graebner, Northwestern '65, Professional tennis player
James D. Rodgers, Iowa '65, Head coach - Boston Celtics
Steven Solomon, Tufts '65 - Former President/COO of the National Hockey League
James A. Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse '66, Head coach, Syracuse basketball
Rick J. Venturi, Northwestern '68, NFL coach
Bruce N. Coslet, Pacific '68, NFL coach
Thurman Munson, Kent State '69, Professional baseball player, New York Yankees
Ed Molstad, Alberta '70, Professional football player, Edmonton (CFL)
John J. Ebersole, Penn State '70, Professional football player, New York Jets
Rodney "Pete" Watson, Tufts '72, Professional football player, Cincinnati Bengals
James H. Sundberg, Iowa '73, Professional baseball player, Texas Rangers
Richard W. "Rick" Sund, Northwestern '73, NBA executive
Randolph C. Gradishar, Ohio State '74, Professional football player, Denver Broncos
Mark VanEeghen, Colgate '74, Professional football player, Oakland Raiders
Randell Gregg, Jr., Alberta '75, NHL defenseman on four Stanley Cup Championships
Paul K. Mokeski, Kansas '79, NBA center
Craig K. Bolerjack, Kansas State '80, CBS sportscaster
Dino Mangiero, Rutgers '80, Professional Football player - Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots
Thomas W. Darling, Syracuse '81, Silver medal in crew, '84 Olympics and crew member, Stars and Stripes, winner of the America's Cup
Ken Margerum, Stanford '81, NFL Receiver
Chad G. Little, Washington State '85, NASCAR Driver and Commentator
Tom Burgess, Colgate '86, Professional football player - Ottowa, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg (CFL)
James A. Les, Bradley '86, Professional basketball player
Mark Whitycombe, Fresno '88, Professional football player - New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals
Jimmy Ball, Arlington '90, BMX Cycler - 1991 Silver Medal, Pepsi Games of Texas, Two-time U.S. Gold Cup Champion, Four-time Texas State Champion, ABA World #6 ('95) and #4 ('99), Over 25 career National Main Event victories



Education

David Starr Jordan, Cornell 1872, First President of Stanford University, President of Indiana University
William H. P. Faunce, Brown 1880, President of Brown University
Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Harvard Law
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate '00, Theologian, author, educator
James B. Conant, Harvard '14, President of Harvard
Homer W. Davis, Hamilton '16, President of Athens College, Athens, Greece
George W. Haskins, Purdue '16, Created the Purdue School of Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering.
John C. Warner, Indiana '19, President, Carnegie Institute of Tehnology
Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Kent State '49, President Emeritus, Miami University
Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, Wesleyan '51, President, Iowa State University
Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, Clarkson '54, President, Tri-State University
Stanley O. Ikenberry, Illinois '56, Chancellor and President, University of Illinois System
Dr. James B. Holderman, Denison '58, President, University of South Carolina
Dr. Paul J. Olscamp, Western Ontario '58, President of Bowling Green State University
Dr. Arthur K. Smith, Jr., Houston '59, President & Chancellor of the University of Houston
Dr. John E. Brown, Kansas '61, President of Coe College
Dr. William H. Mobley, Denison '63, President, Texas A&M University
William R. Brody, Technology '65, President, Johns Hopkins University
Bro. Dr. Craig J. Franz, FSC, Bucknell '75, President, St. Mary's College of Minnesota
Dr. Will S. Keim, Pacific '75, Noted motivational speaker and author
Melvin A. Eggers, Syracuse '76, Chancellor of Syracuse University
John A. Delaney, Florida '77, President, University of North Florida
Dr. Richard N. Cyert, Carnegie '86, President of Carnegie-Mellon University
Selamawi Asgedom, Harvard '99, Noted motivational speaker and author
David C. Broski, Bradley '01, President of Bradley University
David Frohnmayer, Oregon '01, President of the University of Oregon

Entertainment

Harry Carey, New York '02, Early western movie actor
Edgar J. Bergen, Northwestern '27, Ventriloquist and entertainer
George A. "Banana George" Blair, Miami '37, Champion barefoot water-skier, businessman, entertainer
Anthony H. Sargent, Washington and Lee '55, News correspondent, CBS News
Noel P. Stookey, Michigan State '55, Folk singer and composer, "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary
Ronald H. Husmann, Northwestern '59, Broadway and screen actor and producer
Richard D. Threlkeld, Ripon '60, ABC news correspondent
John H. Davidson, Denison '63, Actor, singer and comedian
Alan Thicke, Western Ontario '67, Actor and songwriter
Stephen R. Walker, Iowa State '84, Host of "The Pet Department" - FOX TV
Jonathan M. Frankel, Syracuse '86, News correspondent - NBC
Jason Lewis, San Diego '93, Actor, Model
Jonathan Buss, Bradley '94, Emmy Award Winning Director for an HBO Short Film
Pete Yorn, Syracuse '96, Singer, Songwriter


Literature and Publishing

William Bross, Williams 1838, Editor - Chicago Tribune
Rossiter Johnson, Rochester 1863, Historian and novelist
Rupert Hughes, Western Reserve 1892, Historian and novelist
Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage
Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers '09, Poet and battlefield reporter
Leland Stowe, Wesleyan '21, Columnist and 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner
Hedley W. Donovan, Minnesota '34, Editor-in chief of TIME Magazine
Drew Middleton, Syracuse '34, Syndicated columnist and London correspondent, The New York Times
Robert Letts Jones, Stanford '35, President of Copley Newspapers
Austin H. Kiplinger, Cornell '38, Publisher of the Kiplinger Letter
Dwight E. Sargent, Colby '39, Editorialist and Editor, New York Herald Tribune
Heywood Hale Broun, Swarthmore '40, Editorialist and author
Donal Dinwiddle, Virginia '40, Editor-in-chief, Popular Mechanics Publishing Company
Buert R. Servaas, Indiana '41, President, The Saturday Evening Post
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell '44, Editorialist and author
Richard F. McLoughlin, DePauw '50, President of Reader's Digest
Donald Axinn, Middlebury '51, Poet and author
Robert S. Phillips, Syracuse '60, Poet and author
Lynn D. W. Luckow, North Dakota '71, President & CEO of Jossey-Bass Publishers
Richard A. Moran, Rutgers '72, Author
Joseph P. Turton, Denison '94, Author - My Freshman Manual


Business

Alexander D. Noyes, Amherst 1883, Financial editor of the New York Times
Alfred J.P. Sloan, Jr., Technology 1895, Chairman of the board - General Motors
Wallace T. Holliday, Western Reserve '05, President of Standard Oil of Ohio
William A. Mather, McGill '08, President of Canadian Pacific Railroad
Clarence Francis, Amherst '10, President of General Foods
Albert W. Hughes, Colgate '11, President of J.C. Penny
Thomas B. McCabe, Swarthmore '15, President of Scott Paper and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Winthorp H. Smith, Amherst '16, Co-founder of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith
David Burpee, Cornell '17, President of Burpee Seed Company
Morse G. Dial, Cornell '19, Chairman of Union Carbide
Edward P. Taylor, McGill '22, Chairman of Canadian Breweries and President of the Argus Corp.
William E. Robinson, New York '23, Chairman of Coca-Cola Company
James S. Schoff, Rochester '23, Chairman of Bloomingdale's Department Stores
Nelson Schaenan, Sr., Cornell '23, Chairman of Smith Barney & Company
Arnold Bernhard, Williams '25, Founder of the investment news organization ValueLine
Charles F. White, Bucknell '25, President of M&M Candy Company
Leslie M. Cassidy, Pennsylvania '26, Chairman and CEO of Johns-Manville
Earl B. Hathaway, Northwestern '27, President of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Trevor F. Moore, Toronto '28, Vice President - Imperial Oil of Canada
James S. McDonnell, Technology '29, Chairman of McDonnell-Douglas
Arthur V. Danner, Indiana '30, President of Mobil Petroleum Company
Leonard E. Root, Pacific '32, President of Lockheed Missles and Space Co.
Edward W. Carter, UCLA '32, Chairman emeritus, Carter, Hawley, Hale (Nieman-Marcus, WaldenBooks)
Dwane L. Wallace, Wichita '33, Chairman of Cessna Aircraft Co.
Semon E. Knudsen, Technology '36, President of Ford Motor Company
David M. Chenoweth, McGill '38, Director and executive vice president of Molson Brewries, Ltd.
Edward G. Harness, Marietta '40, CEO of Proctor & Gamble
Walter A. Fallon, Union '40, President and CEO of Eastman Kodak
Forwood C. Wiser, Jr., Northern Illinois '42, President of Trans World Airlines
Charles L. Brown, Virginia '43, Chairman AT&T
H. James Avery, Illinois ’44 – Founder and CEO of James Avery Craftsman, Inc.
L. Gordon McGovern, Brown '48, Chairman of Campbell Soup
Charles D. Miller, Johns Hopkins '49, CEO of Avery Dennison
John W. Amerman, Dartmouth '53, Chairman and CEO of Mattel International
Richard P. Simmions, Technology '53, Chairman of Allegheny Ludlum Steel
William M. Crossin, Toronto '55, President of Merle Norman Cosmetics
William G. Davidson, Wisconsin ’55, Executive VP of Harley-Davidson, (Grandson of Founder) – ’99 Inductee of Motorcycle Hall of Fame
John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin '55, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
John W. Rogers, Miami '57, Chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service
Lawrence D. Downing, Iowa State '58, President of the Sierra Club
Neil Austrian, Swarthmore '61, Chairman of iWon.co
Gerald T. Aaron, Wichita '63, President of Pizza Hut
Michael D. Eisner, Denison '64, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney, Inc.
Michael McConnell, Tufts '65 - CEO of Brown Brothers Harriman investment bank in New York City
Steve Rowley, Ohio '65, President of DAY-TIMERS, Inc.
Michael R. Hallman, Michigan '67, Past President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, past President & CIO of Boeing Computer Services, past Vice President of Field Operations for IBM. Brother Hallman currently serves on the boards of directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Network Appliance Corporation, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.
Thomas Stallkamp, Miami '68, President of DaimlerChrysler Corporation
John J. Bello, Tufts '68, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986-93
John H. Eyler, Jr., Washington '69, President and CEO of FAO Schwartz
Miles G. Bryant, III, Arlington '70, President and General Director of Chrysler of Mexico
Mark O. Stutrud, North Dakota ’74, Founder and President of Summit Brewing Co.
John Thain, Technology '77, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
Douglas Lebda, Bucknell '92, Founder and CEO of LendingTree.com
W. Marshall Sims, DePauw '00, President and Founder of Priority Flowers.com

Science and Technology

Charles F. Kettering, Ohio State '04, Founder of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for cancer research
Laurens Hammond, Cornell '16, Inventor of the pipeless organ
Arnold O. Beckman, Illinois '22, Inventor of the pH meter and founder of Beckman Instruments
Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State '22, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace
Dr. Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr., Swarthmore '37, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
Dr. William C. Dement, Washington '49, Pioneer in sleep research, discovered and named REM sleep, author of many books on sleep, founder of the National Sleep Foundation, and a long time professor at Stanford University where he established one of the first university sleep laboratories.
Dr. Augustus A. White, III, Brown '57, Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston
Col. Frederick R. Hauck, Tufts '62, NASA astronaut
Brewster H. Shaw, Wisconsin '67, NASA astronaut
Terry Hart, Lehigh '68, NASA astronaut
Lee Nordan, Tufts '68, Prominent eye surgeon in San Diego and a pioneer in Lasix Surgery and Radial Carotomy

[AlphaFrog]

When did this thread become the "Copy and paste the famous members from your GLO website" thread?

Trust me, no one cares...and even if they did they could go to www.GLO.com and find out.

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

When did this thread become the "Copy and paste the famous members from your GLO website" thread?

Trust me, no one cares...and even if they did they could go to www.GLO.com and find out.

Agreed. At least put like just the most prominent dozen or so. I'm not going to read through all of that.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

Agreed. At least put like just the most prominent dozen or so. I'm not going to read through all of that.

Or go back to the title of the thread and the original post and see that this thread was never meant to be a place to list famous members, regardless of whether the list was only 12 or 12,000:

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Reading through the "Did you pledge someone famous" thread, it seems like there are a lot of celebrities who people *think* were Greek, but no one can verify which GLO they belonged to (or if they even went to college). So, if you want to find out if a certain celeb is Greek, post here and let your fellow GC'ers help you investigate.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Or go back to the title of the thread and the original post and see that this thread was never meant to be a place to list famous members, regardless of whether the list was only 12 or 12,000:

That's what I meant -

I know it turned into that about page 3, but I don't really want to wade through that garbage to find the actual information.

[Tom Earp]

AlphaFrog, agree, it goes without saying that each of us as GLOs have illustrious members.

That is simply because We As Glos are Special!

Originally Posted by dream*a*dream

i certainly do not mean to start anything, believe me. i recently heard that - candice bergen and mariska hargitay are no longer members of kappa kappa gamma? is this true? they are no longer listed among the "famous kappas." i am somewhat curious - especially if you are an alumnae - what would happen to cause something like this?

*sweet*dreams*

Are they even members to begin with?

I saw a lot of webpages that said both are KKGs, but if it's not on the official HQ website, then maybe they're not really members. I don't pay attention to HQ websites that often so I don't know if they were even listed there before.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by dream*a*dream

i certainly do not mean to start anything, believe me. i recently heard that - candice bergen and mariska hargitay are no longer members of kappa kappa gamma? is this true? they are no longer listed among the "famous kappas." i am somewhat curious - especially if you are an alumnae - what would happen to cause something like this?

*sweet*dreams*

Yes, Candice Bergen was a member of the Beta Alpha chapter at UPenn. It is my understanding she resigned membership by choice within the last 15 years link

Mariska Hargitay was also a member of the Gamma Xi chapter at UCLA but was dismissed at some point. link

Even alumnae can be dismissed or resign membership, just as active members can, for a myriad of reasons.

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

[AGDLynn]

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

Yes and no, if HQ doesn't post their names on the public site and you don't know their maiden name, then someone "famous" might not be found out so easily.

I'm more impressed when initiated member continue to be active as much as they can.

I'm definitely not impressed when someone pointedly doesn't want to be reminded they initiated. Unfortunately, it's frowned about hit them over the head with whatever they signed.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

That is probably true for many organizations, but I know that AOII discourages the listing of prominent members and therefore does not list any on our IHQ webpage.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I know that AOII discourages the listing of prominent members and therefore does not list any on our IHQ webpage.

Why is that?

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Why is that?

Because all of our members have something special to offer AOII, not just the ones who happen to be "famous".

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Yes and no, if HQ doesn't post their names on the public site and you don't know their maiden name, then someone "famous" might not be found out so easily.

I'm more impressed when initiated member continue to be active as much as they can.

I'm definitely not impressed when someone pointedly doesn't want to be reminded they initiated. Unfortunately, it's frowned about hit them over the head with whatever they signed.

Honestly? I know that people like to brag and say "so-and-so famous person is a member of my organization!" They even like to post lists detailing all the famous people in their organization. I think it's great knowing that you share a brother/sisterhood with a celebrity -- but how many of them actually stay active as alums and give back to the organization?

I know that there are several celebrity Greeks who remain loyal to their organization and give back when they can, but I'm thinking the majority of them don't even give a shit anymore.

It's like, "Hey! Amber Brkich Mariano is an AGD from Westminster in PA! She won Survivor All Stars!" Whoopdefreakingdoo. What has she done for the Fraternity after achieving celebrity status besides give one interview to the Quarterly?

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?